A Little Training (( CLOSED ))

Poplarstripe sat at the edges of his familiar camp. He had recently been appointed as a mentor to a new apprentice and the warrior knew that like any other apprentice, Jaypaw would be more than excited to get out and do some training.

So, Poplarstripe waited, casting a small glance to the side every once in a while to scout out for the apprentice.

The blue-gray tom was relaxing under the sun next to the apprentice den when he suddenly saw form the corner of his eyes the silhouette of a warrior that he knew. He flicked his ears toward the brown tom and stood up, unsure about asking him about his training.
Jaypaw walked until he reached the warrior and stopped in front of him, with his Green eyes looking at his paws with shyness. The apprentice wasn't good meeting new cats.
"He-Hello Poplarstripe. I-I was wondering if today are you going to train me?"

Poplarstripe turned around at the sound of approaching paw steps, he smiled once he realized the sound belonged to his apprentice.

"Yep! Today's the day, you ready for a full-blown learning experience!" The young warrior offered in a peppy voice, seeing as Jaypaw's tone seemed a little nervous. "C'mon," he beckoned without waiting for an answer, turning toward the camp entrance.

The younger tom blinked surprised because of the energy of his mentor. He looked up for him when he started walking away to the entrance of the camp and followed him, a little more comfortable around him. Poplarstripe seemed to be a good and cheerful cat, so Jaypaw was calm and happy to be with him. The gray tom wished that this training would be helpful for him.

The tom led the apprentice through their territory until pausing at the edge of the river, he figured starting with a bit of hunting would be nice. Poplarstripe turned around to face Jaypaw, "you fished before?" He asked, expecting a no, but it was nice to make sure just in case he had gone out with another warrior."

The apprentice looked at the water quite excited and then turned his sight to his mentor. "No" He meowed, nervous and excited about hunting for the first time in his life. Finally he will be able to catch prey like the other warriors and apprentices.

Poplarstripe nodded, smiling slightly as he looked over to the water again. "Perfect, then I know exactly where to start." He pointed out, then beckoned the apprentice to join him by the water as he settled down.

"First I'm going to show you for a visual, then I'm going to direct you while you try it." He informed, then got himself situated, peering down into the rolling depths of the water. A few moments passed when he saw a flash of silver come form the corner of his eye, the warrior directed his attention that way, plunging a quick unsheathed paw into the currents. He pulled back, the fish caught on his claws. It flopped around violently once it hit the bank of the river, but before it could slip back into the river he gave it a killing bite.

Now, Poplarstripe looked over at his apprentice, "now, you try, I'll help you."

Jaypaw stepped forward and happily entered the river. The water around his pelt felt so natural that the apprentice moved more to the deep part of the river. He waited quitely for the fish to come near to him until the silver flash soon appeared. The young tom narrowed his eyes, serious, and then hit the fish with his claws. The splash of the water blurried his sight for a few seconds. He shook his head to clear his eyes and then saw the silver prey fell on the ground, near to come back to the water. Jaypaw ran to the fish and killed it fast with a bite.
With the fish on his mouth, he turned back to his mentor and left his prey in front on his paws.
"Did I did something wrong?" He asked, worried about his own mistakes during the catch.

Poplarstripe smiled, "a little clumsy, but you caught it didn't you?" He pointed out, giving his apprentice a quick nod of approval, "you're a quick learner, think you can try again?" He then suggested, beckoning him to come stand at his side for a moment so they could wait for the river water to settle after Jaypaw's clumsy hunting.

"Come sit, wait for the water to settle, then try again." He paused, "sound like a plan?"

Jaypaw nodded energetically to his mentor when he asked him to do it again. He stepped forward to him and sat by his side, waiting for the water settled down again. The young apprentice was happy to learn all about fishing and he liked Poplarstripe because of his patience with him. He looked at the fish that he caught proud but he knew he had to become better. The tom turned his sight to the older warrior and a question popped up in his head. "How was your training as an apprentice? Your mentor also brought you to the river to learn how to fish?" He asked while he waited for his return to the water. Jaypaw was curious about Poplarstripe and his past life. Maybe he could learn something from the moons of experience that the warrior had.

Poplarstripe was thrown off guard at the question, but quickly answered. "Just like any other training." He answered, honestly not sure what the apprentice had hoped to hear. "And yes, they did, I had loved it, my first day being in the river, clumsily splashing around attempting to catch fish. I had angered my mentor from being overly excited." He smiled, releasing a small chuckle, then turned his attention back over to the river. "I'm sure you can give it another shot now." He offered.

Jaypaw nodded, happy because he now understood that his mentor was just like him as an apprentice. Maybe in the future he'll be the one teaching an apprentice just like him.
The young tom returned to the water, ready to do a better work. With slow steps, the gray tabby waited in the river to the water to settle and the fish to come. When the silver flash appeared, Jaypaw was calmer and with swift move, his right paw hitted the prey without much splash. He inmediatly ran to the spot were the fish fell and killed it with a quick bite. This time, the animal didn't had the time to even get near to the river.
Jaypaw returned to his mentor with fish on his mouth and left it near him, like before. He then waited for the answer of Poplarstripe about this catch with curious green eyes looking at him.

Poplarstripe smiled, "beautiful." He commented on the catch, nodding his own approval. "The clan will feed well thanks to your catch," he suggested, stealing a glance back in the direction of camp.

"Now, we can either continue hunting, or I can show you around the territory." Which he realized he hadn't done yet, he looked over toward Jaypaw. "It's a little late for battle training, perhaps we can try that another day."

The gray tabby tom nodded to his mentor with a smile on his face. He took the fishes on his mouth ready to go. It was a good first training lesson for him and he liked Poplarstripe as his mentor. Jaypaw hoped that in the future the battle training would be as successful as this one.
"I'm a bit curious about the territories of our clan.." He muttered, shy.